Art
Vision for Art
At All Saints Primary School art is an essential part of the primary curriculum. We believe that art stimulates creativity, imagination and inventiveness. We aim to give children a wide variety of high quality art experiences, through drawing, painting, printing, college and sculpture that engage and challenge our pupils. Our aim is for children to leave All Saints Primary School with the confidence and enthusiasm to continue to develop their own individual artistic styles and skills.
Artsmark Award
In February 2026 we were awarded Gold for our Artsmark journey.
"All Saints CE Primary provides a detailed and reflective account of its journey to embed the arts more fully into its curriculum and wider school culture. Your submission shows how the creative arts have been thoughtfully aligned with your school’s ethos and improvement planning, leading to a wider sense of pride, participation and identity across the community. A particular strength is your curriculum structure and progression. The Journeys of Discovery model has been fully implemented across paired year groups, and the medium-term planning for art and music is clearly supporting staff to deliver sequenced, knowledge-rich lessons. Your approach - learning about an artist or musician, exploring technique, and then creating work in response - has given pupils both a strong foundation and space for personal expression. Staff confidence has grown, and pupils are increasingly able to talk about their work and artistic influences with enthusiasm and clarity. We also recognise the impact of your community-facing creative work. Projects such as the library displays, hospital artwork, care home links and time capsule have provided meaningful platforms for children to see their creativity celebrated in real-world contexts. These projects, often led at year-group level, demonstrate your staff’s growing ownership of the arts offer and reflect a commitment to ensuring that pupils’ talents are both visible and valued beyond the school gates,"
Art in the Community.
Over the past couple of years we have developed several art inspired links within our local community. We regularly contribute to displays in Coalville Library, Coalville Hospital and several care homes across Coalville. We have created a variety of World Book Day displays, seasonal inspired artwork and detailed drawings of local monuments. As well as creating Christmas cards and pictures for local residents.
We have participated in local art inspired projects ran by the community, these have included creating artwork and writing our hopes for a time capsule, celebrating 125 years of Coalville park and creating leaves for a 'Canopy of Thousand Dreams' display at the National Memorial Arboretum.
Subject Priorities:
To develop the art medium term plans further and allow opportunities for children to develop their own style by providing opportunities to select appropriate skills.
The Art medium term plan has been tweaked to allow for extra time during the summer term to create their own artwork linked to Coalville using the materials and skills they have learned throughout the year. We plan to create art gallery's within the corridors of the school to display even more of the children's artwork. Every classroom will also have their own specific art display, where children's work is showcased and previously learned techniques are modelled.
To enhance wider art opportunities further for children and creating a sense of enjoyment outside of the classroom.
This will involve taking art outside of the classroom. A very successful example of this was our whole school trip to Bradgate Park to complete a variety of art activities, this included; sketching Old John, creating artwork using natural resources and using pastels and chalks to create a landscape portrait. Children will also be given the opportunity to take part in art activities during lunchtime, in after school clubs and locally selected art projects.
To continue to develop staff’s art knowledge, with an emphasis on support staff.
Art skills sessions will be available for all staff to take part in as well as staff meetings, which will focus on developing art links within the local community. There will also be opportunities to work collaboratively with several primary schools across Coalville.
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Mrs S Avison
Hi everyone!
I am Mrs Avison and I am the Giraffes teacher at All Saints, teaching years 1 and 2.. I also have the pleasure of leading the subject of Art. If you have any questions about our Art Curriculum then please contact the school via telephone, email or come and speak to me directly
Useful Links
https://www.artycraftykids.com/arts-and-crafts-for-kids/
A variety of art and craft ideas for children to do at home.
CBEEBIES have created 10 minute arts and craft activities to try.
Primary Art and Design teaching resources
Primary Art BBC have a variety of videos to watch and try different artistic techniques.